Print Journalism and Benjamin Franklin's Scientific Politics

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-197
Author(s):  
Carla J. Mulford
Keyword(s):  
Print Journalism ◽  
Scientific Politics

scholarly journals FUERZA DE LA COMPETENCIA EN EL SECTOR PERIODÍSTICO: El Caso de los Diarios Formales de Lima

1995 ◽  
pp. 41-57
Author(s):  
Javier Antonio ◽  
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Ricardo Cornejo ◽  
Raquel Reinoso ◽  
Fanny Soto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bargaining Power ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Barriers To Entry ◽  
Print Journalism ◽  
Know How ◽  
Competitive Forces ◽  
Formal Style

Applying Porter's methodology of the well-known five competitive forces to analyze the nature of competition, this article seeks to demonstrate that the competitive advantages obtained by the companies are a function of the structure of the industry and the strategies developed by the intervening companies. To this end, we analyze the Peruvian print journalism sector, that of non-specialized newspapers, exponents of a formal style of presentation of information and aimed at traditional readers, a segment made up of: El Comercio, Expreso, La Republica and La Nación. The results show that, of the five competitive forces, the most relevant for the segment studied are the high barriers to entry, mainly due to the high levels of investment and know-how required; the permanent possibility of substitution by television and radio; and the bargaining power of clients, exercised by distribution agents and advertisers. It can be said that there are two aspects on which the newspapers analyzed have developed their competitive advantages: the barriers created and the positioning achieved.

A Social History of Suicide in Mexico City, 1900–1930

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn A. Sloan
Keyword(s):  
Social History ◽  
Mexico City ◽  
Time Of Day ◽  
History Of ◽  
Scientific Politics

Chapter 1 presents an overview of scientific politics and the drive to collect and record moral statistics. Extrapolating from the extant suicide inquests, the chapter also analyzes suicide by gender, time of day and year committed, method, and reasons professed by the victims.

The Internet and Social Media as Sources

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aubrey Bloomfield ◽  
Sean Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Online Resources ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Print Journalism ◽  
Rough Draft ◽  
Online Sources ◽  
Internet And Social Media

The Internet and social media increasingly are becoming sources about the African past and present in ways that will influence to some extent how history will be learnt and the form that methods of historical research will take. Social media have increasingly dislodged print journalism as “the first rough draft of history” and tended to democratize and hasten information sharing and communication. Historians are working through difficult debates about the Internet as a source archive, the usability of websites, and related matters. The debate over online resources and their use in historical and other studies on one level remains unresolved. Nevertheless, online sources add another rich layer to narratives, stories, and perspectives that are already being recorded or told, and in this regard they will add to the storehouse of empirical data to be crunched by future historians.

Look Who's Talking! Islamic Discourse in the Chechen Wars

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Radnitz
Keyword(s):  
Public Discourse ◽  
Television News ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Print Journalism ◽  
The Public ◽  
News Broadcasts ◽  
Psychological Warfare ◽  
The Media ◽  
Radio Free Europe ◽  
Chechen Wars

In any contemporary conflict, the war of ideas may be just as important as the war on the battlefield. Throughout history, propaganda has been used as a tool of psychological warfare. The prevalence of technology makes the mass media an ever more vital tool in spreading one's message, both to combatants and throughout the world. The case of the Chechen wars demonstrates the importance both sides placed on publicity in the course of fighting. In addition to the use of print journalism, the Chechen wars witnessed the employment of television news broadcasts, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the Internet as a means to spread messages. Given the importance of the media, the public and private discourse by the combatants has been seen as crucial to their cause. The language of Islam carries a set of widely shared symbols, many related to war, that can be used to manipulate public opinion. This article will analyze how Islamic language was used in the two Russian invasions of Chechnya in the 1990s (1994–1996, 1999–2002). It analyzes three pairs of variables: Russian and Chechen public discourse, especially regarding the language of Islam; Chechen public and Chechen private discourse; and the discourse of both sides in the first war compared to the second war.

scholarly journals John Tyndall and the Royal Medal that was never struck

2013 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Personal Relationships ◽  
John Tyndall ◽  
Scientific Politics

Just once in its long history has a Royal Medal been awarded but not presented. John Tyndall FRS (1820–93) was the chosen recipient in 1853 for his early work on diamagnetism but declined to accept it. The story of why Tyndall felt compelled to turn down this considerable honour sheds light on the scientific politics and personal relationships of the time, on the importance given to the study of magnetism, and on Tyndall's own character and career.

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